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Shamarin

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Country
  
Syria

District
  
Azaz

Population (2004)
  
506

Governorate
  
Aleppo

Subdistrict
  
Azaz

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Shamarin

Şemmerin (Turkish: Şemmerin, Arabic: شمرين‎, Shammaren‎) or Shamarin (Arabic: شمارين‎‎) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is located on the Queiq Plain, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Azaz, some 45 km (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, and less than 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.

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The village administratively belongs to Nahiya Azaz in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Shamarikh 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the south and Tulayl ash-Sham 2 km (1.2 mi) to the southwest. In the 2004 census, Shamarin had a population of 506.

References

Shamarin Wikipedia